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UTA (9-3) 56 at Bradley (5-6) 51
Friday, December 16, 2016
Carver Arena • Peoria, Ill.

Postgame Notes

• UTA improved to 9-3 on the season and has won eight consecutive games. The Mavericks return to action Thursday, December 22 at 9 p.m. (CST) at Loyola Marymount.

• Bradley dropped to 5-6 on the season. The Braves return to action in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Dec. 19 at the University of Mississippi.

• For the seventh straight game, UTA's starting lineup consisted of forwards Jorge Bilbao and Kevin Hervey and guards Jalen Jones, Drew Charles and Erick Neal.

• Bradley's starting lineup consisted of forwards Donte Thomas and Luuk van Bree and guards Antoine Pittman, Darrell Brown, Jr. and Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye.

• Kaelon Wilson, Nathan Hawkins and Faith Pope were UTA's first substitutes off the bench at the 14:39 mark of the first half.

• UTA jumped out to a 12-0 lead, limiting Bradley without a point for the first 7:38 of the game. Bradley called its first timeout just 3:32 into the game when the Mavs led 8-0 on a pair of Erick Neal 3-pointers and a Kevin Hervey layup.

• Erick Neal finished the game with 5 assists. He surpassed Jeffrey Stewart (1978-82) for fifth on UTA's record book for career assists with 378.

• UTA's victory was its fourth straight in the all-time series against Bradley. The Mavericks lead the series 4-3 since the first meeting in 1969. Only one of the seven games in the series has been played in Arlington (a 97-61 win in 2015).

• Kevin Hervey finished with 15 points and season-high 14 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season. The rebound total is one shy of his career best.

• Jorge Bilbao fouled out for the third time this season and the seventh time in his career.

• UTA's scoring total of 56 points was the lowest in a victory since defeating Texas State 56-48 on Jan. 18, 2014 in San Marcos.